Hour of the Dawn

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Hour of the Dawn  (1987) by Mary Perkins
The Life of the Báb

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PROLOGUE
I WITNESSES OF THE DAWN 1819-1844

1 Birth and childhood
2 Youth and marriage
3 ‘O well-beloved’
4 Mullá Ḥusayn reaches Shíráz
5 The Báb declares His mission


II RAISING THE CALL OF A NEW DAY 1844

6 The Letters of the Living
7 ‘Arise in His Name’
8 The first to suffer
9 Mullá Ḥusayn undertakes a special mission to Ṭihrán


III PILGRIMAGE AND SEIZURE September 1844 – July 1845

10 ‘I am that Oá’im’
11 A tumult in Shíráz
12 The Báb is arrested


IV SHÍRÁZ July 1845 – September 1846

13 The Báb speaks from the pulpit
14 Persia in distress
15 The Sháh’s envoy
16 Farewell to Shíráz


V IṢFÁHÁN October 1846 – March 1847

17 The Báb is made welcome in Iṣfáhán
18 The Grand Vizier stirs up trouble
19 Manúchihr Khán shelters the Báb


VI SHAN TO TABRÍZ March 1847 – July 1847

20 A secret summons to Ṭihrán
21 The Grand Vizier plays for time
22 The road to Tabríz
23 Into custody


VII MÁH-KÚ July 1847 – April 1848

24 A strict confinement
25 The prison doors open
26 The Báb sets down His teachings
27 Mullá Ḥusayn visits Máh-Kú


VIII CHIHRÍQ April 1848 – September 1848

28 Another strict confinement fails
29 The Letters of the Living and the Conference of Badasht
30 Trial at Tabríz


IX AN OCEAN OF SORROW September 1848 – June 1850

31 The siege of Shaykh Ṭabarsí
32 The Seven Martyrs of Ṭihrán
33 Nayríz and Zanján


X TABRÍZ July 1850

34 Anis, the Báb’s chosen companion
35 Dark noon


EPILOGUE
A Note on Sources
List of Names
Some Persian and Arabic Terms
A Few Dates